Character Witnesses for the Ages

Will Folks, former press guy for both Gov. Mark Sanford and now would-be governor Nikki Haley, has roiled South Carolina politics for the last couple weeks by claiming he had an affair with Haley — a charge she vigorously and categorically denies. Now Sanford, admitted adulterer and hiker of the Appalachian Trail, has come out in support of Haley in the dispute.